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| Drinking window: Drink between 2024 and 2034 (based on 6 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.1 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 22 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by DrBad on 4/13/2024 & rated 94 points: Continues to drink well. This one had not as much lemon but a bit of an exotic fruit I couldn't quite describe, possibly tangerine? (519 views) | | | Tasted by jsmorris707 on 3/30/2024 & rated 98 points: Best bottle yet after a 1 hour SO; outstanding, drink or hold, no rush I suspect, but why wait (sooo good now!) (467 views) | | | Tasted by jsmorris707 on 1/13/2024 & rated 96 points: SO'd for 2 hrs, deep gold, creamy lemon; outstanding & has entered prime drinking, no rush. The brown bag group all guessed Burgundy, including Chardonnay Ray! (950 views) | | | Tasted by jsmorris707 on 8/26/2023 & rated 95 points: Tasted at the brownbag tasting & it has come together. I guessed Burgundy. Outstanding, drink or hold (1119 views) | | | Tasted by DrBad on 1/15/2023 & rated 94 points: Right in my wheelhouse, loved this Chardonnay. Silky, buttery, rich nectar on the palate without going over the top. Low acidity but nice minerality. Almost Burgundian but still says Cali coastal. (1602 views) | | | Tasted by jsmorris707 on 9/8/2022 & rated 94 points: Double decanted for an hour, deep gold, lemon & vanilla on the nose, creamy lemon on the palate with very prominent acidity; delicious, but has not yet fully come together for what should be a long life, drink or preferably hold (1803 views) | | | Tasted by gteran76 on 7/4/2022 & rated 92 points: 4th of July "pre-game" by the pool at Elena's house. Double decanted for 15 minutes and let in the bottle for about one hour in the fridge.
The wine is refreshing, a bit of overwhelming oak still, king of linear but good.
Best days still ahead...
92+ (1875 views) | | | Tasted by duchamp on 3/25/2022 & rated 92 points: Moderate lemon, green apple, vanilla, lemon drop, acacia flower and orange blossom on the nose, medium plus body with flavors of lemon, vanilla, minerality, and medium acidity, finishes with layered lemon fruit, white nectarine, flint and lemon peel (1683 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 3/11/2022: Return to Napa; 3/6/2022-3/13/2022 (Wineries and various restaurants): Lucky me, two chardonnays in one tasting. This is the more vanilla and a bit sweet (but not the honey) and tart and just a bit closer to the ‘not my style’ wine even though it’s clearly well made. (2385 views) | | | Tasted by trumpet60201 on 2/22/2022 & rated 93 points: Outstanding wine! Very much like a white burg. Lots of high-end new oak on it (somewhat overpowering at this point - I'll wait a few years before having another bottle), but also a good amount of fruit and a long finish to boot. Body is a bit lightweight. Nice acidity, delicious flavor. (1064 views) | | | Tasted by KVM on 11/10/2021: Tasting at the winery. Light yellow, a lot of oak, coconutty, pear, apple nose, very expressive. There is lots of material in a fresh package, a little green apple and caramel on the finish. (1429 views) | | | Tasted by amarasco on 9/18/2021 & rated 93 points: crisp and good acidity… paring well with manchego cheese (898 views) | | | Tasted by Dave and Mo Cellar on 9/12/2021 & rated 92 points: This wine is amazing. Drank first of four bottles, because I simply couldn’t wait. The finish on this wine is like not other Chardonnay from California I have tasted. Truly amazing! (699 views) |
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| Ridge Producer website | Wikipedia
Ridge Vineyards is a California winery specializing in premium Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Chardonnay wines. Ridge produces wine at two winery locations in northern California. The original winery facilities are located at an elevation of 2,300 feet (700 m) on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA near Cupertino, California. The other Ridge winery facilities are at Lytton Springs in the Dry Creek Valley AVA of Sonoma County.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeMonte Bello On weinlagen-infoUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Santa Cruz Mountains Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
Once referred to by wine writers as the Chaine d'Or -- or "golden chain" -- the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA sits above Silicon Valley, running along the craggy range next to the Pacific on some of the prettiest parts of Northern California. The area supports more than 75 wineries, despite being limited by geography and high land prices.
In 1981 the Santa Cruz Mountains Viticultural Appellation became federally recognized, one of the first American viticultural areas to be defined by geophysical and climatic factors. The appellation encompasses the Santa Cruz Mountain range, from Half Moon Bay in the north, to Mount Madonna in the south. The east and west boundaries are defined by elevation, extending down to 800 feet in the east and 400 feet in the west. |
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